Ministry of Power
Power demand hits all time high on 7th July
Impressive Yon Y increase in average energy consumption
Solar and Wind Energy generation also show marked Y on Y increase
System Operation highlights for July 2021 released
The country witnessed highest ever demand for power at 12:01 hours on 7th July 2021. This demand of 200570 MW was 17.6 % higher than in July 2020 . This was brought out in the system operations highlights for July 2021, put out by the Power System Operation Corporation Ltd .
The report also states that average energy consumption per day recorded in Jul’21  was 10.6% higher than in Jul’20 . The “Maximum All India Energy Met ” also showed an all-time high . It was recorded at 4508 MU on 7th July 2021 which was 14.7% higher than 3931 MU on 28th July 2020.
Renewable Energy sector has also seen impressive gains. Average Solar Generation recorded in Jul’21  was 7.6% higher than in Jul’20 . Average Wind Generation recorded in Jul’21  was 64.5% higher than in Jul’20 . Additionally, solar and wind generation recorded an all-time high of 43.1 GW on 27th July 2021. Earlier, the record was 41.1 GW on 11th Jun’21.
Reserve Regulated Ancillary Service  – Energy dispatched under Regulation Up & Down were 113.8MU & 334.8MU respectively in Jul’21. Automatic Generation Control  –Total regulation Up & Down signal dispatched under AGC were 46.1 MU & 105.2 MU respectively in Jul’21. All India Grid Frequency – All day grid frequency remained 74.9%  of time within IEGC band  in Jul’21, which is slightly higher than the average duration in previous month .
Placed below are tables of Integration of new elements , Energy comparison and Peak demand comparison.
INTEGRATION OF NEW ELEMENTS
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S.No.
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Element
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First time Charging/
Synchronization Date/unit COD
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Remark
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1.
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400 KVPalatana-Surajmaninagar
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11.07.21
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Alternate Evacuation and better supply to Tripura state
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2.
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765 kV Bikaner – Bhadla 2 D/C
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23.07.21 
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Under Transmission system strengthening for evacuation of power from solar energy zones in Rajasthan under phase-ll
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3.
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765 kV Bus at Bhadla 2
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23.07.21 
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4.
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765 kV Ajmer - Bhadla 2 D/C
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24.07.21 
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765kV Bhadla 2 energized through LILO of Ajmer-Bikaner D/C
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5.
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765/400kV ICT-2 at Bhadla-2
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27.07.21
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6.
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400kV Baharampur -Bheramara 
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25.07.21 
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Strengthens cross-border connectivity 
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7.
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765kV Vanranasi-Vindyachal D/C
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30.07.21 
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Strengthening of WR-NR Corridor
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|Earlier the line was charged at 132kV level.
ENERGY COMPARISON
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S.No.
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Description
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Total in Jul’21 
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Total in Jul’20 
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%
Variation 
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Total in FY 2021-22

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Max. Achieved in Jul’21
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Daily Energy 
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Achieved on
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1.
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All India Energy Met
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125505
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113508
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10.6%
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471
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4508
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07.07.21
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2.
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Northern Region Energy Met
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44365
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40958
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8.3%
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145
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1642
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07.07.21
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3.
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Western Region Energy Met
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35748
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31387
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13.9%
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145
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1319
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07.07.21
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4.
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Southern Region Energy Met
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28365
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25803
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9.9%
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118
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1055
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01.07.21
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5.
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Eastern Region Energy Met
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15306
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13843
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10.6%
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57
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542
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16.07.21
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6.
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N Eastern Region Energy Met
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1721
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1517
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13.5%
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6
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59
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28.07.21
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7.
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Thermal Generation
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84017
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76199
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10.3%
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339
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3253
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06.07.21
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8.
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Hydro Generation
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20528
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19678
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4.3%
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59
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710
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31.07.21
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9.
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Wind Generation
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10815
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6574
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64.5%
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30
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541
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27.07.21
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10.
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Solar Generation
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4887
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4542
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7.6%
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22
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195
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06.07.21
PEAK DEMAND COMPARISON
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S.No.
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Description
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Jul’21 
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Achieved on
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Jul’20 
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Achieved on
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% Variation 
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1.
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All India
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200570
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07.07.21 @12:01hrs
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170545
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02.07.20 @22:21hrs
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17.6%
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2.
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Northern Region
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73232
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02.07.21 @12:39hrs
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68605
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02.07.20 @22:25hrs
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6.7%
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3.
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Western Region
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59201
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07.07.21 @14:58hrs
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47519
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31.07.20 @00:00hrs
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24.6%
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4.
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Southern Region
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50167
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01.07.21 @12:27hrs
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43190
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31.07.20 @00:00hrs
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16.2%
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5.
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Eastern Region
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25069
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19.07.21 @19:51hrs
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22902
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18.07.20 @22:49hrs
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9.5%
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6.
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North Eastern Region
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3127
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05.07.21 @20:01hrs
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2827
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15.07.20 @19:41hrs
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10.6%